CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND LAND LEASEHOLDERS ON C.E.R. ZONË.
·STRONG PROTEST TO DICTATOR CHANG FROM BRITAIN, U.S.A., JAPAN AND FRANCE.
CHIANG KA SHEK AND OTHER KUOMINTANG- LEADERS LEAVE NANKING.
NORTHERN GENERALISSIMO SEEKING ARMIŞTICE WITH SHANSI'S
GOVERNOR.
FOREIGN LEASES IN -MANCHURIA.
STRONG JOINT PROTEST,
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
(Wah Tu Fat Pas.)
· THE
HONG KONG. DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY,
THE RACE IN NAVAL ARMAMENTS.
DR. MURRAY' BUTLER'S SUGGESTION.
[RKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
NEW YORK, Feb, 10th. Speaking at the 25th anniversary dinner of the Pilgrims of the United States, Doctor Murray Butler. President of Columbia University, suggested that in order
FAMOUS ENGLISH COMEDIAN DEAD.
LITTLE TICH" ́NO“ MORE.
(THROUGH REDUSA"
LONDON, Feb. 10th.
The death is announced of "Little Tich," the comedian.
FEBRUARY 11th, 1928.
TELEVISION.
NOW A COMMERCIAL
REALITY.
[REUTEL'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
New Youx, Feb. 10th. Director of the Baird Television Captain Hutchinson, managing
[For many years there was no
Development Company, London,
than more pot ar English comedian announced that two-way "public the droll and diminutive television service between London comedian "Little Tich.” During and New York would be opened the past twenty-five years he was
one
to curb the Anglo-American Racey of the best known before the end of the year. in Naval Armaments the United music-halls. Little Tich" special- laughter-makers of the British ised in "big boot dancing" balane ing himself wonderfully on his toes and amuang antics and performing a porth of clever His patter, also, was exceedingly good.]
| DICTATOR_CHANG AND AN States Government should inform
ARMISTICE.
Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan that if they were obliged as members of the League of Naticos or .JS Locarno ignatories. to establish a blockade ngainst an aggresor nation the United States directed against a nation of the would respect the blockade if not Western Hemisphere.
SHANGHAI, February 10th, Another report states that pence PERINO, Feb. 10th,
negotiations are continuing between Britain, America, Japan and Chang Tao Lin and Yen Shih Shan. France yesterdag entered a strong Chang Tso Lin is reported to have joint protest to Dictator Chang Tso offered to return the special dis- Lin relative to the action of the tricts of Charbar and Suiyuan if Chinese authorities in North Man-Governor Yen agrees to an armis churia towards leaseholders.of land | tice, ' on the C.E.I. (Chinese, Eastern Hailway) zone.
Last December General Chang Huan Shang, the chin Chinese authority in that area, issued, a proclamation declaring, vold all leases of territory in the railway zone which includes a considerable
NORTHERN, GENERALS AGAIN IN PEKING.
(Wah Ti: Fat Pao.)
un
Dr. Butler contended that, thus
special interests, both in Europe and America, would be recognised unnecessary for the delicate and and huge naval armaments become
dangerous question of blockade was really behind all big Anglo- American naval discussions of recent years.
CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES.
THE FLIGHT. TO
AUSTRALIA.
HINKLER MAKING FINE PROGRESS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
CAIRO, Feb. 10th. Captain Hinkler has reached Tobrouk and will continue to-day outside the Egyptian three-mile FRES. COOLIDGE INVITED TO limit to Palestine or Irak.
OTTAWA.
SHANGHAI, February 10th." General Sun Chuan Fang arrived) at Peking on the 8th inst. Chang Taung Chang may arrive the toth. Chang Tao Lin intends to consult them on measures of co-behalf of Canada operation on the Shantung fronts against the Nationalists, who are preparing a general attack on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway.
[LEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
portion of Harbin City. He ao demanded the handing in of the title deeds whereupon new leases for 10 to 30 years from the current date would be issued whereas the greater portion of the land he were teases due to expire in 1083.
The proclamation also stated that the new lenses were only transfer. able to persone without extrater-organised his forces into three ritoriality.
OTTAWA, Feb. 10th Mr. Kellogg has left for Wasting- ton, bearing from Mr. King, the Prime Minister, an invitation an to President Coolidge to visit Ottawa.
The protest calls the attention of Chang Tso Lin's repeated declara- tions to the effect that foreign rights in territory under his control would always be respected.
KUOMINTANG LEADERS LEAVING NANKING.
(Wah Tar Yat Pao)
SHANGHAI, February 19th. Marshal Chiang Kai Ehek, General Chan Tiao Yuen and others who were attending the Kuomintang Conference at Nanking left that city for Hsuchow yesterday by special train. Chiang's mission is stated to be to inspect the various fronts and consult the commanders on pro- blems relative to the Northern cam paign. The staff and officers of headquarters were preparing to leave Nanking for the North on the
10th inst...
SHANSI MILITARY CONFERENCE.
орны
(Wah Tr Yat Pao.)
General Sun Chuan Fang has re-i
armies. "Sun Chuan Fang himself takes the command of the 1st Army. General Cheng Tsun Yin the 2nd Army and Li Pao Cheng the 3rd.
ROCKEFELLER SUMMONED.
TO AID IN OIL INVESTIGA. TION.
~ [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10th. Mr. John Rockefeller, junior, has beer summoned, to appear before the Senate in the Teapot. Dome enquiry. The committee have no PIRATES FOILED BY HM.S. special question to ask, but they
"BEE.'
RESCUE OF CAPTIVES.
(NAVAL WIRELESS. }
CHENGLIN, Feb. 9th. Once again the activities of pirates have been foiled by the alertness of British Navy.
"The latest incident is reported from the Yangtze, where HLM.S. Ree, a gunboat, while in the Upper River districts rescued three victims who fell into the hands of a band of pirates.
hope that Mr. Rockefeller with his inside korledge of the all business, may put the committee on the track of evidence that it lacks.
„AU.S. ARMY TRANSPORT
FUNDS.
AMENDMENT REJECTED,
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10th. 163 votes to 71 rejected the amend The House of Representatives by
ment to the Ariny Appropriazion Bit prohibiting Army transporta- tion funds being sent to troops abroad" without the specido author-
ty of Congress,
[RKUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
Los ANGELES, Feb. 10th.
The Lee was about 17 miles below | HEAVY DAMAGE BY GALE. Chenglin, when she received a
BOY KILLED BY FALLEN signal at 3 p.m. from seven large
CABLE. junks, which were are anchor. They reported that a number of armed pirates in a small steam vessel had attacked their junks and after loot ing the junks of all money, the pirates left the scene in their vessel taking captive a reputedly wealthy
for ransom
Fortunately H.M.S. Bee received the report in time to give chum and overhaul the pirate craft. The pirates when they saw that they were being overhauled made for the
A BY-ELECTION.
LIBERAL GAIN AT LAN-
CASTER ·
{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]`
LONDON, Feb. 10th The Lancaster by-election caused by the elevation of Sir Gerald Strickland to the beerage has re- sulted as folows:-
Mr. Tomlinson (Lib.).... 14,089 Mr. Ramsbotham (Con.) 12,880 Rev. Davies (Lab.) This is a Liberal gai
6,101.
BAIRD TELEVISION TESTED.
IMAGES TRANSMITTED FROM LONDON TO NEW YORK.
CRUDE AND BROKEN BUT PLAINLY VISIBLE.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDOS, February 9th. though printed on cloth futtering. A pale picture of a face, na
in a breeze was projected on the wall of the London Headquarters of the Baird Television Company
This "pilot image" was merely a dummy head turned into sound waves and sent droning like a bee across the Atlantic, where it was re-transformed into vision and seen by a group of people in a darkened basement at Hartsdale, New York. The latter after tuning in the receiving apparatus, with its aid transmitted the dummy, and then watched the movements of human heads.
A violent gale tore off the top Pasadena, and wrecked huge tele-room flooded with light, faced a of Mount Lowe Observatory near First Mr. Baird himself, in scope buildings in other cities. Aamall square window apparently 13-year-old boy was killed grasping covered by a thin curtain agitated blown down2,
FRENCH
POLITICS.
M. POINCARE'S FISCAL POLICY APPROVED BY CHAMBER.
{THROUGH HAVAS AGENCY.]
PARIS, Feb. 10th. The Chamber of Deputies voted. by 370 votes to 131 confidence in M. Peincare's Fiscal policy.
The papers remark that the number of votes, received exceeds by some 30 the biggest majorities previously obtained by M. Poincare on fital questions, since the forma- tion of hisTM Cabinet,
Le Biatia considers that the Parliamentary Bession is now virtually closed.
SINGAPORE BASE CONTRACTS.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT INVITES TENDERS.
(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, Feb. 9th. The Evening New states that the Government has invited several well-known British firms to tender by the end of March for work con- nected with the Singapore base, approximately, costing £4,000,000.
THE
SLUMP IN THE RUBBER MARKET
AND ITS CAUSE.
GOVERNMENT'S ACTION AS TO INQUIRY REGARDED
·AS INOPPORTUNE.
FLOOD" REALISATIONS EVIDENTLY STEMMED.
SHARE MARKET STEADIER.
(THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Feb. foth. The rubber market opened steady, and irregularities developed later; but the previous day's food realisa- tions appeared to have been stemmed.
Mr. Baldwin, however, gave the assurance that no time would" be lost, and asked for notice of the question as to whether evidence would be taken in Malaya.
Minging Lane's Loss. Sir W. Lane Mitchell declared that the uncertainty caissed by the Mincing Lane dendera attribute announcement had cost the Mine- the improved position to seconding Lane Market a loss of £23 per thoughts on the possible effect ton, and asked whether the present of the Research Comndtree's in. regulations were likely to continue
for the next twelve months. quiry on the market and also to.
Mr. Baldwin eaid that that ques- the comparatively small fall in tion should be addressed to the rubber prices in the United States. Colorial Office.
The market here has not modified its view that the inquiry has been sprung an the industry at the wrong time; but there are hopes that possible changes may be in troduced gradually and thus avoid disturbance.
The rubber share market is steadier owing to the attractive prices of some of the shares.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore To Visit Malay
-Statea
LONDON. Feb. 10th. The Manchester Guardian sayi that Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Under- Secretary for the Colonies, will shortly visit the Malay Statea to investigate the effect of the rubber export restrictions and other pro-
blems.
[EARLIER TELEGRAMS.]
(THROUGH REDTER'S AGENCY.]
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LONDON, Feb. 9th. Mr. Baldwin's announcement that the Committee of Civil Research had been asked to consider the! operations and effects of the rub-! ver restriction scheme, came as aj complete surprise to Mincing Lane.
The immediate effect was the disorganisation of the market this morning, followed by a slump in the cash price for rubber from 1/37d. per b.. last night's figure, to 1/4id. per b
The work consists of exteseive reclamation schemes, and the con- struction of a wet and a dry dock. The work will be spread over seven years primarily in order to The Prime Minister's Assurance. reduce the annual charge the latter of which is partly borne by Frank Nelson drew attention to In the House of Commons, Mr. the Dominiou.
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Rubber Growers And The "Surprise,"
The Rubber Growers' Associa tion has issued a communique in which it deplores the manner in which last night's
Announcement was sprung upon The Association offers to do every the industry. thing in its power to lighten the Committee's task, and urges' that. the inquiry should not be unduly protracted.
A
[REUTER'S AMERICAN IDEVICE} New York Bears."
!
NEW YORK, Feb. ath. the Rubber Exchange today, due. There were most lively scenes at to a bearish interpretation of Mr. Baldwin's announcement of the appointment of a committee to investigate the restriction plan An avalanche occurred in the sell-
ing price of "near futures," which dropped three ceats. The transic- tions totalled 2,631, lots, which is a record.
FURTHER DETAILS.
{BRITISH WIRELESS SILVICE]
Rrony, Feb. 9th. The announcement that the Pre- mier has asked the Committee of Civil Research to inquire into the operation and effects of the rubber restriction scheme caused slump in the London rubber market today.
Spot rubber, which closed Test night around 1/6 per pound fell, to rubber sharce declined in sympathy. 1/31, but recovered later to 1/41 The charge failing on the Im. the sump in the price of raw rub The shamp was the eubject of s perial Exchequer is not expected ber as the result of the anomies question in the House of Commons, to exceed £300,000 annually. Then that an inquiry was ordered the Fremmer being asked whether
info' the Armaments and workshops will scheme.
Stevenson restriction he would expedite the inquiry, saving regard to possible violent form a separate contract which will not be arranged until the take stepe to expedite the enquiry, report of the committee.
Mr, Nelson asked the Premier to fluctuations in rubber pending the present work is well in hand.
but Mr Baldwin emphasised that The Premier replied that the coin- the Committee must obtain a con-mittee would need to obtain a con siderable amount of information iderable amount of information before it reported to the Govern before submitting a report. Sub- mout on the subject.
ject to that, no time would be lost.
GAMBLING LICENSED IN
ITALY.
CASINO AT SAN REMO SANCTIONED,
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
Rouz, February 10th. economic reasons" public gaming For important political and tables are now for the first time officially allowed in Italy, Signor Mussolini, in sanctioning the Casino at Ban Remo, says that if Italiana must gamble lat them lose money at home.
The Casino is run by a company
INDIAN WOMEN.
THE AGE OF CONSENT,
DELICATE PROBLEM.
[TEROUGH RZUTEE'S AGENCY.]
New Dr, Feb. th. Three hundred Indian delegates to the n-India Women's Educational Conference, the largest
women
THE CAVELL FILM. THE FOREIGN OFFICE REPLY TO GERMAN EMBASSY.
¡THROUGH ZEUTED'S AGENCY.}
LONDON, Feb. 9th. The German Embassy in London has informally and verbally made representations the Foreign film Office in regard to the Nurse Cavell The Foreign Office replied
to
Chinese and two girls, to be held a 400 volt wire which had been by a violent wind, turning his head / with n ̈eapital of £9,000,000 sterling number of Indian women ever in that there was no pulitical censor.
SHANGHAI, February 10th A telegram from Taiyuerife, capital of Shansi, reports that General. Yen Shik Shan summoned a military meeting on the 8th inst and ordered his forces to counter-shore and escaped. attack at Vok Luk (Shansi border),
Heavy fighting along the Ching Tai Hailway has continued during
the last few days.
BOMBS THROWN AT DR. WU'S PARTY.
ATTEMPT TO KILL WU, SUN FO AND HU HAN MIN.
PLEA FOR CLEMENCY.
(THROUGH ZEUTÉR’B ́AGENCY.]
SINGAPORE, Feb. 9th.
Two bomba were thrown at Dr.
They were in such a hurry to get they left their three captives be- away from the gunboat's crew that bind.. These were rescued by the Bec, and they are being returned to their homes in the Shaei district. It was reported to the gunboat that there were mine pirates in all.
JAPAN'S GENERAL
ELECTION.
FILMS AND GRAMOPHONE RECORDS
POLITICAL ESPIONAGE.
[THEOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
"Tokyo, Feb. 10th, in the General Election campaign. Japan continues to be absorbed injured The assailant is alleged Gramophone records of the speeches
C. Wu's party, but nobody was
to be a Cantonese sent down from by the Premier have been distri Shanghai by the Communists. buted throughout the country » by the Government Party. The Mini- The assailant, when charged with ter of Railways has gone one better the attempted murder of Lim Boon and has had himself cinematography- Keng, replied: That is incorrected in the act of making a speech I did not intend to kid Lim Boon and gramophone records made sya Keng: I intended to kill Wu, Sun chronomang words and actions. Fo and Hu Han Min" He was
The Opposition party has appoint
NEW YORK SOCIETY WEDDING.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
NEW YORK, Feb, 10th. John Barry Ryan were married" Miss Margaret Kala and Mr. quietly on the 8th inst
[The bride is the daughter of a well-known New York financier, The groom is a New York news. paper reporter-but one who is closely related to nother well- known finader.]
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK RATE.
[EKUTEE'S AMERICAN SERVICE}
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 10th. The local Federal Reserve Bank has increased its rediscount rate to four per cent.
BRITAIN, AMERICA AND CHINA.
STATEMENT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(THROUGH REUTER'S, AGENCY.]
to the left and right, and advancing which will pay San Remo nearly a and retreating in obedience to quarter of a million conually. mysterious directions uttered by a loud speaker.
Then Reuter's representative transmitted in the same way. The Other Side, [RECTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
HANTSDALE, February 9th. The movements of two people in a London' laboratory were watched for over half an hour. The images were crude and broken but neverthe leas plainly visible. The vision sound was transmitted on short wave wireless set, buzzing in irregular cadence and representing in sound the lights and shadows of
the faces.
PROGRESS IN ARBITRATION NEGOTIATIONS.
DRAFT TREATY TO BRITAIN, AND JAPAN:
EXPIRY OF ROOT TREATIES.
[HMUTZR'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
WASHINGTON, February 9th Definite steps in the negotia- tions of the Anglo-American and Japanese-American treaties of arbit ration have been taken by the State Department by forwarding to LONDON, Feb. 9th..
Britain and Japan, copies of the In the House of Commons, original proposed draft of the remanded in custody and it ined vigilanco committees to watch had been.faken to co-operate with of discussion despatched to questioned, whether farther steps Franco-American Treaty as a basis understood that he confessed to the and report irregularities by the America in obtaining a peaceful Copies were unagistrate.
Government Party, and the latter settlement i
in China, Mr. Locker the other Governments which aaked Dr. W with the two others retaliated by having the Opponition Lampson said there had been no for them, including Germany," but against whom the attempt was spied on and reported ou The change since made, left for Colombo this morn resulted is an unedifying spectacle questioned
similarly merely as a matter of information од December 21st ing. Dr. Wu before his departure of political espionage and counter Britain will still maintain close Japan are at present mort important As negotiations with Britain and wrote a letter to the Oficer Ad- espionage on an extensive scale, touch with the United States to all owing to the early expiry of the ministering the Government adking engendering much mutual ill-feel matters of joint interest in China, Root Arbitration for clemency for the assailant,'
Treaties with Mr. Locker Lampson added.
・
he was
them.
NICARAGUAN OUTRAGE. BRITISH VICE-CONSUL TAKEN
PRISONER.
INQUIRIES BEING MADE.
[BELTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
MANAGUA, Feb. 9th. Mr. Haral Patterson, the British Charge d'Affaires at Manegun, who recently received a letter from the British Vice-Consul at Matagalpa. asking for additional protection of the coffee plantations ibere against a feared raid by the forces of Gen. Sandino, has now been informed that Sandino has captured the British Vice-Consul
It appears that the rebel, general Inided the coffee plantations, cap- tured Mr. Alex C. Potter, the British Vice-Consul, and is holding
him prisoner,
TRANS-ATLANTIC AIRSHIP.
the galleries of the Chamber, heard
op
the proceedings of the Assembly on ship of films in Great Britain. a private Indain member's bill as moral grounds by the Films Censor-
Films were censorable only ing the age of consent of girls to ship Board.
It was announced that the Gov- ernment must appose the Bill and must den cautiously with the prob Hem It was decided to appoint later a committee composed of officials and non-officials to investi gate the problem and also the question of child marriages.
P
sixteen and fourteen years in the case of unmarried and married, re-lodged with the Foreign Office will Any official or formal protest spectively, instead of fourteen and thirteen at present.
be forwarded to the "Home Office. INDIAN FORCES AND RACIAL DISTINCTION.
"NO DISCRIMINATION." (THROUGH REUTER'S AGINCT.)
NEW DELHI, Feb. 8th. The Council of State has passed two Bills carrying out the recom mendations of the Auxiliary and Territorial Forces Committee, re- moving all existing discriminations between the forces on racial grounds.
FRANCE'S FINANCIAL"
• POLICY."
CHAMBER'S VOTE" OF CON- FIDENCE.
(THROUGH REITER'S AGENCY.]*\/
The Chamber passed & you of
PARIS, Feb. 9th
confidence in the French Govern
"OIL PRIC WAR.
EFFECT OF AMERICAN. OVER- PRODUCTION.
[REVILE'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
Before the commencement of the case against Houghton, reported Mr. Patterson is conferring with Mr. Eberhardt, the United Statesment. by 378 votes to 120 at the elsewhere, Mr. T. H. King, O.I.D., Minister, with regard to the steps cial policy.
conclusion of the debate on finan-appeared before Mr. Lindell at the Magistracy to comment on the vase to be taken to protect British, lives
against the Nanking Boarding and property in the Matagalpa
House for allowing their premises district.
to be used for immoral purpo He said that the Police had been criticised for laying traps, but he would hks to make it known that the action of the Police was int only actuated by complaints re- New York, Feb. 9th
ceived but also by instructions from Mr. A. S. Debenham, represent higher authorities. He said that if ing Sir Henri Deterding, arrived that method were not reatorted to, here aboard the Berengaria and the Police would have to take other declined to discuss the Standard measures which would be more Oil (New York) Co.'s purchase of objectionable. In that particular oil from the Soviet. He declared case, complaints and reports had the cause of the price war and that when be made his remarke, he that American overproduction is been recoived. Mr. Lindell said unless this in remedied no amicable had no doubt that the police had adjustment is possible,
acted after receiving, complaints.
SERVICE.
AMERICAN APPROVAL OF
SCHEME...
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.7
WASHINGTON, February 9th Mr. Hoover announced that the trans-Atlantic airship scheme, Government has approved of the American co-operation will begin with, the first trial trin probably in
"about" three months time,
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.